Ice-creeper



(No Model.)

- J. A. DIEHL 8: N. WEISS:

ICE GREEPER. No. 360,666. Patented Apr. 5, 1887,

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JULIUS A. DIEHL AND NOAH WEI SS, OF PHILADELPHIA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRDTO HENRY R. SOHLOUCH AND ALLEN W. HAINES, OF

ALLENTOW'N, PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,666, dated April 5,1887.

Application filed February 14, 1887. Serial No. 227,569. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concerns Be it known that we, J ULIUs A. DIEHL andNOAH WVEIss', citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia,in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Ice- Greepers, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in ice-creepers; and it consistsin a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts for service,hereinafterfnllydescribed,specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims, and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is'a perspective of the bottom of a shoe having our improvedcreeper attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail section on the line 00 m ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the pointsdetached from the creeper. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the detent forthe heel or rear end of the said creeper.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters denote correspondingparts in all the figures, A designates a large doubled steel spring bentat the rear end to form the longitudinally-elongated loop B, and havingthe two forwardly extending arms A A", the front ends of which arespread apart and each passes through and is secured in a plate, 0. Saidplates G are each provided on the upper side at the outer edge with anupwardly-projecting flange, D, being slightly inturned at the upperedge, the object of said flanges being to clasp the outer edges of thesole of the shoe when the said sole is placed on top of the plates 0,the spring A serving to hold said flanges in close engagement with theedges of the sole.

E represents the points, each plate being provided with two ormore,which are adapted to screw up into threaded openings in said plateuntil the shoulder e at the lower end of the screw-threaded portion 0comes firmly against the under side of the plate. These points areadapted to be withdrawn and new and sharp ones substituted when brokenor worn smooth, and for this purpose a slot or crease similar to that inthe head of a screw is placed in'the upper end of the screw-threadedportion of the point to facilitate the insertion thereof. I

F represents a plate adapted to be secured by screws passed therethroughto the sole of the shoe immediately in front of the heel, and having thedetent G thereon, which comprises the stud g and the elongated orelliptical cross-head g.

7 As the length of the loop B in the large spring extends longitudinallywith the shoe, and the length of the cross-head 9 extends transverselyacross the shoe, it is evident that to place said loop in engagementwith the detent it is necessary to pass it over the cross head with thelength of the said spring at right angles to its proper position, or thelength of the shoe. After having slipped it down on the stud beyond thecross-head, turn the said spring, with the plates attached thereto, toits proper position, and, separating the plates sufficiently to pass thesole of the shoe between the flanges, place the sole of the shoe firmlyon the plates, and then allow the spring to act and clasp said solebetween the flanges.

To give additional security to the creeper, we provide a coiled spring,H, attached at each end to one of the arms of the large spring just inrear of the plates and adapted to draw the said arms strongly togetherto clasp the sole firmly.

It will be seen that having firmly secured the creeper to the shoe, itcannot possibly be dropped or thrown off, as the power of the springs issufficient to hold the flanges in en gagement with the sole of the shoeat the front, and the heel or rear end of the spring cannot becomedetached until the entire creeper is turned at right angles to-itsproper position. (Said position at right angles to the shoe is shown indotted lines in Fig. 1.)

Thus we provide an ice-creeper which it is impossible to loosen ordetach accidentally, and in which the points can be replaced when wornor broken by the owner of the creepers,

the fact of the said points being provided with a screw making itsufficiently easy for any one to insert a new point. The simplicity ofthe device is also a commendable point, the parts being few, and it isparticularly adapted for the service for which it is designed, being ex-ICO . pose for which it is designed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In an ice-creeper, the long steel spring A, having plates 0 attachedto the front ends and provided with flange D and points E,con1bined withthe auxiliary spiral spring H, attached at each end to an arm of thespring A, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

2 An ice-creeper comprising the plates 0, having points E and flanges D,to clasp the sole of the shoe at the front, combined with the spring A,having the front ends attached to said plates and having alongitudinally-elongated loop, 13, in the rear end, the plate F, securedin front of the heel of the shoe and hav- The device is ing a detent,G,thereon,adapted to receive and engage the loop B of the spring,substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. In an ice-creeper, the plates provided with the points to engage inthe ice, combined with the flanges to engage the edges of the sole ofthe shoe and hold the front part of the creeper from movement, andtheloop B, connected with the said plates and adapted to engage over adetent to secure the rear end of the creeper from movement,substantially as described, for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

4. An ice-creeper comprising the looped spring, a fixed detent passingthrough the loop of the spring to hold one end thereof againstdisplacement, and the toothed plates secured to the free ends of thespring and having the clips adapted to take over the edge of the sole,as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JULIUS A. DIEHL.

-- NOAH XVEISS.

W'itnesses:

J AMES MCGLINN, WV. S. Y. MYERs.

